Franck Van Deren Coke

Van Deren Coke
Born	Frank Van Deren Coke July 4, 1921 Lexington, Kentucky
Died	July 11, 2004 (aged 83) Albuquerque, New Mexico
Resting place	Santa Fe National Cemetery
Nationality	American
Education	Ansel Adams
Alma mater	University of Kentucky Indiana University Harvard University
Known for	Photography
Spouse(s)	Joan Gillberry Coke
Awards	1975 Guggenheim Fellowship 1989 Fulbright Fellowship

Frank Van Deren Coke, F. Van Deren Coke, or Van Deren Coke (July 4, 1921 – July 11, 2004) was an American photographer, scholar and museum professional.^[1][2] He was born in Lexington, Kentucky, and died in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Museum jobs

Coke was the founding director of the University of New Mexico Art Museum from 1962 to 1970. In 1970—during Beaumont Newhall's final year—he served as Deputy Director and from 1971 to 1972 as Director of George Eastman House. From 1979 to 1987 he was director of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art's photography department.^[3]

Notable Publications

• Taos and Santa Fe : The Artists Environment, 1882-1942. OCLC 833769.
• The Painter and the Photograph : From Delacroix to Warhol. OCLC 256243099.
• Nordfeldt The Painter. OCLC 186959898.
• Andrew Dasburg. OCLC 5102073.
• Photography in New Mexico : from the daguerreotype to the present. OCLC 4494710.

References

1. Saxon, Wolfgang (2004-07-27). "Van Deren Coke, 83, Dies; Curator and Photographer". The New York Times. pp. B7. Retrieved 2010-01-24.
2. Williams, Val (2004-07-30). "Van Deren Coke, Experimental photographer and teacher and collector of photography as art". The Independent. Retrieved 2010-12-14.
3. Encyclopedia Van Deren Coke

External links

• Luminous-Lint page
• F. Van Deren Coke in the George Eastman House Collection